Hope Hill Road home damaged by bedroom fire

Hope Hill Road home damaged by bedroom fire

Wallingford firefighters work to extinguish a fire on the second floor of the house at 365 Hope Hill Road in Yalesville, Oct. 18, 2013. No one was injured in the fire. | Christopher Zajac / Record-Journal

A firefighter speaks with residents while another firefighter on a ladder makes sure that there is no fire still burning in the walls of the house on Hope Hill Road in the Yalesville section of Wallingford on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. | Christopher Zajac / Record-Journal

October 25, 2013 11:51AM
By Jeff Gebeau
Record-Journal correspondent

WALLINGFORD — A fire damaged the second floor of a local home Friday afternoon.

Lt. Patrick Hagerty of the Wallingford Fire Department said units responded to the call at 365 Hope Hill Road at 12:05 p.m. and managed to extinguish the blaze in 10 minutes.

No one was injured as a result of the fire, but the home’s occupants have been forced to make alternate lodging arrangements, he said.